Put A Cork In It

May, 1997

Never let it be said that expensive tastes and rational thought go hand in hand. Some California wine connoisseurs who savor French wine couldn't stomach the label of a 1993 vintage that featured a nude drawing by Balthus. Destpite the fact that the art is the work of one of the world's most famous living artists, the offended parties managed to browbeat the vineyard into relabeling 30,000 bottles.